Day: September 11, 2013

IMPHAL, Sep 11 NNN: The United Committee Manipur (UCM) said Wednesday the present Manipur and Central Governments have no explicit knowledge of the state’s actual boundary area along the Indo-Myanmar border, announcing it would launch a mass movement to push for a final settlement to the alleged flawed boundary fencing and demanded for a demarcation of the border to determine the state’s political boundary.
Talking to mediapersons at the UCM office here, the committee’s president Y Nabachandra demanded that the Central and Manipur Government take steps for demarcation of the alleged disputed Indo-Myanmar border to determine the definite political boundary of the state. Manipur Government should convene an emergency special session of the state assembly to discuss the border issue and bring an ultimate solution, he further demanded.
He said UCM had earlier on September 1 organised a seminar on the border issue here at Imphal Hotel to seek advice from intellectuals on the matter which is very sensitive by nature.
The discussion came after a team of the committee visited the border to oversee the Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing, he said.This was followed by a technical session held at the committee’s office yesterday to deliberate on the next course of action, Nabachandra informed, adding six resolutions were taken during the session.
It resolved the territorial integrity of the state should not be severed at any cost and the concerned should immediately stop taking such steps. An emergency special assembly session should be convened by the Government to discuss on the border issue and take resolutions to bring a final solution.
Any sort of fence construction on the Indo-Myanmar border must be immediately discontinued until the dispute is ended by a political solution, it resolved.
It also resolved that the state Government should bring out a white paper on the issue. Further resolved that a coordinating committee comprises of social organizations and leaders of the ethnic communities of Manipur will be set up to deal with the issue and launch a mass agitation to fulfill all the demands.

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Imphal Sep 11 UNA : Hundreds of students of Presidency College Motbung gathered at the Jubilee Hall to celebrated the 40th Fresher’s Meet 2013 organized by the Students’ Union Presidency College Motbung on Wednesday.
The event was graced by Shri. Tongminlen Haokip, Jr.MCS, SDO/BDO Chandel District, Khengjoi Block as Chief Guest while Dr. T.Gangte, Principal Presidency College Motbung and Y.Biren Singh, Associate Professor, Chemistry, Presidency College, Motbung attended the event as Guest of Honour and Functional President respectively. All teaching staffs of the College apart from the special invitees attended the event .
During the celebration event, various cultural dance were on display by different cultural troupe including Pahlingnei Cultural Troupe, Presidency College Cultural Troupe, Chungmang Pathen(PYC), etc.
A prominient Kuki Pop Artiste Lovejoy and others like Boipu Khongsai, DJ.Kay, Chongneo Khongsai, Kamgoulen Joewa and Golden Age Band enthralled the audience with their performance in the event.
The audience had a great time listening to Lovejoy hit songs like “Gamtui Theng”, “Thangvan Ponkang Sil”.
One of the highlight of the event which charged up the crowd was the Westerndance from Pipi & Lulun, Pahhoi & Party, Themshi & Friends as well as Kh.Mangpi.
“Enjoy your College life with positive attitude and approach” noted the event Chief Guest while adding that a good student always maintained the value of Education well in positive path.
Dr.T.Gangte urges the freshers and other students to tread on the example of humility in greatness, necessity of continual learning and significance of student involvement in social services as examplified by respectable high ranking top official in the state as well as in central service who are once good pupils of the college.

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IMPHAL, Sept 11 NNN : The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is 55 years old today and the people affected by this ‘black Act’ have come all along protesting for over half a century against the Act but the largest democracy in the world, India is unperturbed and callous.
The United Naga Council (UNC), Sharmila Kanba Lup (Save Sharmila Movement) and Just-Peace Foundation (JPF) today strongly advocated for the repeal of AFSPA.
“As an organisation, we also demand for the repeal of AFSPA at the earliest,” said UNC president L Adani while talking to NNN.
Meanwhile, Sharmila Kanba Lup, a movement supporting hunger striker Irom Sharmila has termed today, the September 11 as Black Day’.
On September 11, 1958, the AFSPA came into existence.
Women folks under the banner of Sharmila Kanba Lup carried out sit-in-protest today to mark the day near (JNIMS), Porompat in Imphal.
Also marking the occasion, Just Peace Foundation, Imphal questions the rationality of continuing imposition of AFSPA by the government for over half a century.
“In many parts of the North East India, the Act has been in operation for all these 55 years generating and invigorating this feeling of alienation,” said the Just Peace Foundation in a communique made available to the media houses today. It then pointed out several instances where numerous government constituted review committees on AFSPA going against the continuing of the Act.
The JPF cited the reports of the 2005 Committee to Review the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the Supreme Court appointed Santosh Hegde Commission and many others.

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TAMENGLONG, Sept 11-The Bharat Sansar Nigam Limited(BSNL) has started to introduce 3G internet services connectivity in Manipur’s Tamenglong in the current year.
This was disclosed by M Maheshkumar Telecom Technical Assistant of BSNL during the question and answer session soon after delivering his presentation on BSNL’s activities in the backward district of the state on the first day of the on-going 3 day 15thBharat Nirman Public Information Campaign which was organized by Press Information Bureau (PIB)Government of India,Imphal in collaboration with Directorate of Field Publicity(DFP),Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity, Song and Drama Division, All Indian Radio and Doordarshan and District administration of Tamenglong at Town Baptist Church Hall in Tamenglong district today.
He also admitted that the BSNL is planning to launch Wi-max internet service in the hill district headquarter, about 150 km west of the state capital soon once the necessary infrastructure are established.
There are three 2G Base Trans-receiver (BTS)mobile towers, one each of 3G BTS and WLLtowersin Tamenglong district headquarters.There are limitations for setting up of BTS towers as it requires proper infrastructures.
But unfortunately one BTS tower is going down in Tamenglong since the last four/five days back due to frequent cut down on the existing Optical Fibre Cable(OFC)located somewhere along the 40 km stretch of Tamenglong headquarter and Khongsang points, he added.
So far BSNL has been providing telephone and internet broadband services to 410 landline telephone subscribers and 50 broadband telephone services.
Seeking public help and cooperation from the general public of the district the BSNL official also admitted that the up-gradation works of the BSNL services are still on in the district.
The AADHAR number, a unique identity numberof every citizen of the country, issued by government of India will remain valid for their lifetime. This AADHAR number will serve as Identity of a person anywhere in India. It is a must for the citizens to enrolfortheir respective AADHAR numberin the country.
This was stated by Senior Journalist Salam Enaomacha during the first day technical session of the on-going the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign at Town Baptist Church Tamenglong organized by Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Imphal in collaboration with DAVP, DFP, Song & Drama Division, Prasar Bharati and District Administration Tamenglong, today.
“The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme will prevent the misuse of subsidy amounts provided by the government for every beneficiaryas the government authority or the implementing agencies will directly deposit their money to their respective bank accounts which are linked to Aadhar number”, Enaomacha added. However at present, since many beneficiaries are still to be provided the Aadhar card, the benefits are deposited to the bank accounts even without the Aadhar number.
Under the scheme, all LPG consumers with Aadhar numbers and whose bank accounts linked to Aadhar numbers will be given and advance amount of Rs 435/- per cylinder booked, immediately on booking a cylinder.While the LPG cylinders will be supplied at the market price,the subsidised amount will be credited automatically in their accounts.
It may be mentioned that the DBT which was launched on January 1 this year in 43 districts in 16 states and union territories for 25 schemes, also aims to cover some of the central sponsored schemes such as Indira Gandhi Matritiva SahyongYojana,Dhanlakshmi scheme, Janani SurakshaYojana,housing subsidy for beedi workers, stipend for SC/ST for coaching , guidance and vocational training.
A public discussion on Aadhar and DBT followed by another quiz among the school students of Tamenglong at the concluding part of the technical session. Later magic show and a theme based short play by artists of the Song and Drama Division,Imphal enthralled the gathering.

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TAMENGLONG: The newly implemented Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyaram (JSSK) scheme which entitles pregnant women delivering in public health institutions to absolutely free and no expense delivery including caesarean section under the National Rural Health Mission(NRHM), has benefited as many as 252 pregnant women in Manipur’s Tamenglong.
This was stated by District Program Manager Ms Abuana Gonmei of NRHM, Tamenglong on the first technical session of the 3 day Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign on the flagship programs of the Central government at Tamenglong today.
She said ASHAs(Accredited Social Health Activist)and the health workers are mobilizing the interior village women in their village. They are the back born of the National Rural Health Mission in Tamenglong, she added and narrated the role and activities of ASHAs.
She said that another new scheme called Adolescence Friendly Health Clinic also launch six clinics in Tamenglong for all adolescence who did not want to consult their health problems to their parents. The adolescence may consult the doctor on every Friday afternoon(2-4 pm).
The district program manager also revealed that the first referral district hospital Tamenglongis running acute shortage of manpower as it has only 20 doctors against around 50 each in the other district hospitals. However besides 252 ASHAs, there are around 11 staff nurses,27 ANMs,12 ASHA felicitators and 6 Ayush doctors under NRHM Tamenglong.
“No one is willing to be posted in Tamenglong due to many reasons including lack of infrastructure, lack of electricity or bad telecommunication etc ”, Abuana opined. The Operation Theatre building has completed but there is no special doctor posted here, to be functional the district hospital has organized two surgical camps in the recent time where as many as 26 major and 17 minor cases were operated successfully. The next surgical camp would be organized in November 2013, she informed.
She further said that the District Mobile Medical Unit has organized 103 camps till date despite having Ultra- sound machine due to lack of technician.
She also mentioned that under NRHM scheme in Tamenglong, Village Health Sanitation Committee also formed with the village authority with ASHAs as president and secretary of the committee respectively. The District Health Mission Society has sanctioned some fund to organize awareness campaign on health and sanitation. “The committee is responsible for any health program or issues related to the health in their respective village”, she said. “As many as 15 government schools have been covered this year besides conducting school health programme”.
Later a public interaction followed by a quiz competition among the school students were also held in the day’s afternoon session.

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